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Sometimes you have to be honest
And that's the problem, even with the Lakers, he was generally fine in quarters 1-3. But in the 4th quarter, he cost them games because he has a low basketball IQ.

Well they had him on the bench last night which is where he should be in crunch time imo
 

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Russ is russ. When the ball is always in your hand then there is a good possibility your turnovers will be at 3-5

It's not just that he commits turnovers. Hell, Magic always had a lot of turnovers. As you say, when you have the ball a lot, turnovers are going to happen.

With him it's the wtf were you thinking/just losing control of his dribble type of unforced turnovers and he'd commit them at the worst possible times.
 

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Long story short the nuggets starters kicked their ass while the clippers bench outplayed the nuggets bench
 

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Yep, end of the day, everyone knows who Russ is, including Lebron. For some reason, Lebron thought they could make it work.
Also end of the day, Russ is still a top 75 all time player and quite possibly the best athlete to ever play the game and it’s a game of athletes moreso than any other sport. I dislike Russ for a few things, but if you let him do things you don’t like that’s on you.
 

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Well they had him on the bench last night which is where he should be in crunch time imo

It's the only way it has a chance of working. The question is whether or not he will accept that. The Lakers tried that a few times and he sulked and complained.

The Lakers also had no choice but to play him in the 4th, especially when AD was out, because they lacked depth. The Clippers don't have that problem.

Lue isn't a rookie HC like Ham, so maybe Russ will be less likely to challenge him? Hard to imagine someone with Russ' ego accepting sitting out during the most important part of the game though.
 

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Also end of the day, Russ is still a top 75 all time player and quite possibly the best athlete to ever play the game and it’s a game of athletes moreso than any other sport. I dislike Russ for a few things, but if you let him do things you don’t like that’s on you.
I’m so indifferent about him with the Clippers.

They are fucked with, or without, him.

He does some things that they desperately need.

Most importantly, he is trying to be what they want and is giving his all.

No complaints, so far.

They we’re a broken franchise long before he signed.
 

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Also end of the day, Russ is still a top 75 all time player and quite possibly the best athlete to ever play the game and it’s a game of athletes moreso than any other sport. I dislike Russ for a few things, but if you let him do things you don’t like that’s on you.

At what point is it on him for refusing to at least learn the game well enough to not be a liability?
 

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It's not just that he commits turnovers. Hell, Magic always had a lot of turnovers. As you say, when you have the ball a lot, turnovers are going to happen.

With him it's the wtf were you thinking/just losing control of his dribble type of unforced turnovers and he'd commit them at the worst possible times.
No.

The missed bunnies are the worst.

He can get to the rim at will.

Finishing is a different story.
 

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I’m so indifferent about him with the Clippers.

They are fucked with, or without, him.

He does some things that they desperately need.

Most importantly, he is trying to be what they want and is giving his all.

No complaints, so far.

They we’re a broken franchise long before he signed.
Everyone should blame Scott Brooks for a lot of this. If he tried to break some of the bad habits it wasn’t very hard. Russ did what he wanted.
 
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